A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

Could a 3000 year old invention be keeping us cool in modern times? The answer to that is yes, ancient technology could play ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

With fairytale villages, picturesque rolling hills, fabulous food and world-renowned wine, Italy is an enchanting country ...

Sure, there is no silverware to be won or titles on the line in Rome but both teams are acutely aware of just what is at ...

Food historian Liz Williams told the Associated Press last year that the roots of king cake culture date to Saturnalia celebrations of ancient Rome. Back then, a cake was baked with a bean inside, and ...

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Rome impresses with its ancient ruins and ...